Brendan, as has been explained by others on here, it is not because of (a).Stan A. Einstein wrote:allontheamber wrote:I applaud any initiative to improve our gates but, I've said it before on other threads, there never has been much of an appetite for league football in Newport. Plenty of appetite for cup games (eg Spurs, Leeds and historically CZJ) but for run of the mill league football,sadly not.
Is that because,
a) we are not doing the work to attract a larger crowd properly, or......
b) the people of Newport are genetically different from everyone else?
As for (b) that is the wrong suggestion. A better suggestion surely would have been;
Do the people of Newport have a different mindset to other towns/cities regarding the following of football?
The answer to that I reckon is - yes, unfortunately they do.
For reasons that are probably unfathomable, that is how it is unfortunately. My own thoughts and reasons (not necessarily right though) are:
Rugby
History
General football malaise in the town
and I know you won't agree, but, Mr H being right.
I do wish I had a magic wand and could make those missing fans appear, but, in my lifetime..........hm.